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Qatar Airways Wins Key Awards in Dubai

Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Qatar Airways has once again been lauded for its Business Class, earning premier accolades at two separate award ceremonies in Dubai.

For the sixth year running, the Doha-based carrier retained the Leading Business Class Airline In Middle East title, as voted by travel industry professionals, at the World Travel Awards.

And the airline, now in its 14th year of operations, was honoured as the region’s Best Business Class by readers of the prestigious monthly magazine Business Traveller Middle East at its annual awards ceremony in Dubai.

Guests from across the regional and global travel, tourism and hospitality industries attended the ceremonies, held at The Jumeirah Zabeel Saray and Armani Hotels respectively. Qatar Airways’ Dubai-based Country Manager UAE Mohammed El Emam collected both awards on behalf of the airline.

Voting was based on the strength of the airline’s inflight service, cabin comfort, ground hospitality and product offerings for travellers in Business Class. Superior seating with a pitch of up to 78 inches, above the industry norm, and fully flat beds are a hallmark of the airline’s Business Class cabin onboard its flagship long-haul aircraft, the Boeing 777.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said the latest awards reflected continued achievements for the young airline in an historic year of milestones.

“Once again Qatar Airways has proved it is an airline being increasingly recognised for its high levels of service and outstanding products by travellers from around the world and by travel professionals.

“Our passengers travelling in Business Class on both short- and long-haul routes are assured of an unrivalled experience and we are extremely delighted to have won over our key advocates – consumers and travel partners.”

Al Baker said Qatar Airways had come a long way since its inception in 1997, with a remarkable milestone of reaching 100 destinations recently and a fleet size set to pass 100 aircraft later this year.

Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of 97 aircraft to 100 diverse business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. The airline’s historic 100th destination was to the Syrian city of Aleppo with the introduction of scheduled flights last month.

So far this year, Qatar Airways has added five destinations to its international map – Bucharest, Budapest, Brussels, Stuttgart and Aleppo – and is gearing up for more route expansion with a further 10 destinations being inducted into the airline’s global network by the end of 2011.

About Qatar Airways: Qatar Airways has been voted third best airline in the world following the annual 2010 Skytrax survey of 18 million international passengers. In the survey, the airline was also voted as having the Best Business Class Service and Catering in the World, as well as being honoured as the Best Airline in The Middle East for the fifth consecutive year. For more information, log onto www.qatarairways.com

Qatar Airways will operate a fleet of more than 120 aircraft by 2013, by which time its global network will rise to over 120 destinations. The airline has orders for more than 200 aircraft worth over US$40 billion and is one of the customers of the twin-deck Airbus A380 ‘super jumbos’ with five on order and scheduled for delivery from 2012, by which time the New Doha International Airport would have opened.